Soap-dish



(No Model!) 1 H. MOMANUS. SOAP DISH.

P atented Dec: 7, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MOMANUS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SOAP-DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,962, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed February 25, 1897. Serial No. 6%,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MCMANUS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dishes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same,

The object of my invention is to provide a soap-holder which can be readily secured in position for use in a bowl and as readily removed, if desired; and to this end my invention consists in the combination of a bowl having the overflow-openings and a dish or holder provided with spring-arms, the ends of which are adapted to engage the holes in the bowl; and it further consists in the details of the several parts making up the device as a whole and the combination of such parts, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail view, in side elevation, of a holder shown in place in a bowl cut in sections to illustrate the holding means. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of a part of a bowl, the soap-holder secured in place therein. Fig. 3 is a detail bottom view of the holder with the spring-arms.

In the accompanying drawings the letter (t denotes a bowl of porcelain or other usual material such as is commonly used in and about a washroom, the bowl having the usual perforations I) connected with the upper end of the overflow-pipe of the bowl.

The holder 0 is a dish preferably of thin metal, shallow, and with openings or perforations through the bottom of the dish for the discharge of the water when the soap is placed in the dish after use. 7

On the under surface of the dish is secured a number of arms d, e, and f, preferably three in number and of spring material, two of these arms, d and e, turning downward from the dish and outward in a plane below and parallel to the dish, while the third arm, f, turns downward and rearward in a plane below the level of the other two arms, these three arms forming secure means for attaching the holder to the bowl. The outer ends of the arms are preferably provided with shoulders or offsets g, which encounter the surface of the bowl on the front and rear or on the rear side and help to prevent accidental displacement of the arms.

In use the spring arms are projected through the perforations b, as shown, the offsets 9 encountering the rear wall of the over flow-pipe at the upper end of the bowl, or against the front wall of said overflow-pipe. In case this opening in the overflow-pipe should be too deep, so that the spring-arms would project too far inward, the edge of the dish, striking the surface of the bowl, will form a stop,-and in this instance the lower spring-arm may be placed against the inner surface of the bowl and not project through the perforations. The bend in the arms 61 and a will also form a stop to limit the inward movement of the arms through the projections.

In the construction of my improved soapdish I have provided a device extremely simple and cheap of construction and one that can be readily attached to a washbowl, bath tub, or the like in common use and without any special construction of such devices for the attachment of the dish.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a soap-dish, in combination, a dishshaped holder, spring-arms secured to the holder and provided at their outer ends with an offset or shoulder whereby the dish may be secured in place.

2. In combination with a bowl or like part having perforations, a dish-shaped holder, spring-arms secured to the holder and extending therefrom into engagement with said perforations.

3. In combination with a bowl or like part having perforations, a dish-shaped holder with perforations through the bottom of the holder, spring-arms secured to the under side of the holder and projecting downward and rearward therefrom and having offsets on the ends of said arms, in engagement with said perforations.

4. In combination with a bowl or like part having perforations, a dish-shaped holder with perforations in the bottom thereof, spring-arms secured to the under side of the holder and projecting downward and rearward therefrom, and offsets on the ends of said arms projecting in opposite directions, and engaging said perforations.

HENRY MOMANUS.

Witnesses:

' Cnns. L. BURDETT,

ARTHUR B. JENKINS. 

